Seven months prior to the initial flight of the first production Hurricane Mk. I (L1547) on 121h October, 1937, Sydney Camm and his design team at Hawker Aircraft were already studying the possibility of a new fighter. With an expected power output of two thousand horsepower it was almost twice the power rating of the Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine.
Seven months prior to the initial flight of the first production Hurricane Mk. I (L1547) on 121h October, 1937, Sydney Camm and his design team at Hawker Aircraft were already studying the possibility of a new fighter. With an expected power output of two thousand horsepower it was almost twice the power rating of the Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine.
Seven months prior to the initial flight of the first production Hurricane Mk. I (L1547) on 121h October, 1937, Sydney Camm and his design team at Hawker Aircraft were already studying the possibility of a new fighter. With an expected power output of two thousand horsepower it was almost twice the power rating of the Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine.